Boston Bans Sugary Drinks - Polidicks

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[QUOTE=Omali;32162661]Yep. It's stupid bullshit: Red (drink rarely or never): -Soda -Energy Drinks -Fruit Drinks Yellow: (drink occasionally) -Diet Soda -Low calorie, low sugar drinks -100% Juice Green: (Drink plenty) -Water -Seltzer Water -Skim or 1% milk Total ignorance. Is he honestly saying that diet soda and low sugar drinks (which contain aspertame and other artificial shit) is healthier for your than fruit drinks? Because most of those fruit drinks have vitamins in them now, what does diet pepsi have? Jack shit.[/QUOTE] your list is mostly good but there is nothing wrong with whole milk :colbert: [editline]7th September 2011[/editline] also 100 percent juice is pretty much as bad as other fruit juices because it's still almost as sugary while being in liquid form inhibits vitamin absorption.

[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;32163598]no it's not. "slippery slope" arguments are bullshit[/QUOTE] Not they're not, you just have to be careful about them. For example, the exact same thing happened with drugs about a hundred years ago, where it went from completely unregulated, somewhat regulated and then heavily regulated or entirely banned in some instances. [editline]8th September 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=SigmaLambda;32163598]no it's not. "slippery slope" arguments are bullshit[/QUOTE] You are aware that the slippery slope argument is only a fallacy in some instances, right? I mean, if these soft drinks are so bad, and what the Mayor is saying certainly paints them that way, then they are as bad as cigarettes, and deserving of the same regulation. [editline]8th September 2011[/editline] [quote]“There are high costs associated with these high rates of unhealthy weight, both at the personal level in terms of poor health outcomes, and at the societal level in terms of decreases in worker productivity and the rising health care costs,”[/quote]

[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;32163608]your list is mostly good but there is nothing wrong with whole milk :colbert: [editline]7th September 2011[/editline] also 100 percent juice is pretty much as bad as other fruit juices because it's still almost as sugary while being in liquid form inhibits vitamin absorption.[/QUOTE] It isn't my list. In the video in the op the mayor's office shows a list near the end. A few people didn't see the list, so I just posted it here.

books can be filled with all kinds of unhealthy rebellious ideas, let's ban them too while we're at it

it's never a bad idea to give up soda drinks

Errr Why is this bad "Oh no I can't buy mountain dew in the city hall vending machines even though the local store right down the street will still sell them and I can have it at the restaurant right next door" Who gives a fuck? They've been doing this shit in schools for almost a decade now, and having it apply to all government-owned city property is hardly going to change a thing for anyone, seeing as I doubt any of you head down to your local town hall to buy a sip of coke on a regular basis. The only thing that would be terrible about this is if local universities are also affected, which means all the coffee shops on campus would undoubtibly have to be banned. Though I think Uni's operate on the state level not the city level, if it is a state school. If anything this sounds more like a fluff campign for the Mayor to get lots of soccer mom support. Though it is pretty stupid how they categorize "Diet Coke" as better for you than regular coke, which Aspertame (the industrial sweetener they use in diet coke) is banned in many European contries for a very good reason.

They should try doing it with cigarettes/cigars and see how long it takes for a couple of assassins to come over for a friendly chat involving lethal ammunition.

And then the boston mafia emerges, specializing in illegal trade of coke.

[quote]The order allows for the sale of “yellow” beverages, but advises consumers to drink them occasionally: Diet sodas Diet iced teas[/quote] This diet shit messes with you way more than just sugar

[QUOTE=Alex_DeLarge;32160490]I remember when Starbucks came to our middle school and sold frappachinos to the kids, a bunch of Mormon parents complained about it and they never came back.[/QUOTE] This is where Starbucks replies, "It's the choice of the consumer too purchase certain items. If you don't want the object then don't buy it"

[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;32159113]Diet Soda is worse for you than regular Soda, Menino, you stupid motherfucker.[/QUOTE] The only people who drink Diet like it either for the taste or because their stupid and think it's going to be healthier. Diet or regular, you're still putting shit into your body. I prefer regular.

Diet gives a wickedly bad aftertaste... I prefer buying a regular, and putting a sugar cube into it, and then letting it sit for a few. After that I'll sit down, and drink. If not that... MOUNTAIN DEW THROWBACK YAHHHHOOOOOOO.

Look at you getting all sissy cause of this prohibition, we're addicted to this shit.

yeah because unsweetened soymilk can kiss my ass

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;32169315]yeah because unsweetened soymilk can kiss my ass[/QUOTE] Agreed. They should sell almond milk instead.

[QUOTE=woolio1;32169404]Agreed. They should sell almond milk instead.[/QUOTE] Goat milk! Maybe even eggnog.

I just imagine Boardwalk Empire with sugary drinks instead of booze :v:

[QUOTE=TheChantzGuy;32154906]sometimes i feel like i live in a communist country where everything is decided for me[/QUOTE] sometimes i feel like i'm surrounded by a bunch of illiterate people who can't read a page and a half article too see what its really about.

This is some fucking fascist It Takes A Village bullshit.

[QUOTE=gerbile5;32154343]the problem isn't the choice in beverages. its the lack of exercise that makes people fat today. look back in the 50's. kids were eating shitloads of food that was terrible for them but playing outside every day until the sun went down. get up the next morning and do it all again.[/QUOTE] Might as well force people to exercise, make it legally mandatory. It doesn't matter if people are unhealthy, as long as they don't fucking die then who cares.

[QUOTE=Capitulazyguy;32169866]This is some fucking fascist It Takes A Village bullshit.[/QUOTE] come on people, read the damn article, it is a ban on city purchased drinks, as in what the city buys!

"The policy applies to cafeterias, vending machines, concession stands, and beverages served at meetings, City-run programs, and events where food is purchased with City dollars." Doesn't mean no one in Boston can have sugary drinks, just means the above Not sure what city dollars are, as I wasn't aware Boston was the creator of currency but okay

I'm going to make a killing smuggling Soda into Boston from Canada now.

[QUOTE=FeartheMango;32170040]I'm going to make a killing smuggling Soda into Boston from Canada now.[/QUOTE] I take it you're going to run a Seven Eleven? Because EVERYONE BUT CITY-FUNDED MACHINES AND CONCESSION STANDS CAN STILL SELL SUGAR WATER IN BOSTON. /c

[QUOTE=woolio1;32170749]I take it you're going to run a Seven Eleven? Because EVERYONE BUT CITY-FUNDED MACHINES AND CONCESSION STANDS CAN STILL SELL SUGAR WATER IN BOSTON. /c[/QUOTE] It's a joke. No need to talk in caps, let's not get crazy in here.

[QUOTE=FeartheMango;32170786]It's a joke. No need to talk in caps, let's not get crazy in here.[/QUOTE] That wasn't really directed toward you. More to the people who keep coming in saying "The government is Hitler!" or somesuch.

[QUOTE=Contag;32163748] You are aware that the slippery slope argument is only a fallacy in some instances, right? I mean, if these soft drinks are so bad, and what the Mayor is saying certainly paints them that way, then they are as bad as cigarettes, and deserving of the same regulation.[/QUOTE] Soft Drinks are not chemically addictive and cigarettes have not been totally banned.

Who do these people think they are? The government has no right, whatsoever, to dictate our personal lives. I can drink whatever the hell I want, and there's exactly jack shit the government can do about it.

[QUOTE=rosar0980;32171785]Who do these people think they are? The government has no right, whatsoever, to dictate our personal lives. I can drink whatever the hell I want, and there's exactly jack shit the government can do about it.[/QUOTE] they're not dictating your personal life you dummy